Genus: Merosaurus WELLES, POWELL & PICKERING, 1995
Etymology: Greek, meros, "limb, thigh" and Greek, sauros, "lizard."

Species: newmani WELLS, POWELL & PICKERING, 1995
Etymology: In honor of Newman.
= Scelidosaurus harrisonii type

Holotype: GSM 109560

Locality: Charmouth, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Sinemurian Stage, Lower Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Material: A right femur of a juvenile.

Referred material:

BMNH 39496: Distal right femur and distal right tibia (Knee joint).

GSM 109561: Manual I ungual.